Calling PPF experts - How do I fix this ?

[DynamicCaps]

I had my Pre-reg Carbon Fiber side skirts PPF’d , after they were installed on the car. The local company that did the PPF used XPEL I believe, and stated at the time they did each side skirt in one piece.

So a couple of overexcited 12 year old boys wanted to check out my car, and me being a nice guy let one of them get in each side to sit in the car. Nice kids, parents with them … good experience they will talk about for days/weeks/months … memories made which is awesome.

Then I got home and noticed on the passenger side the “ding” in the PPF. one of them apparently drug his foot across the side skirt and left a mark. It appears to be only PPF surface damage , good news.

How do I fix/heal this? I can see it from 14 nautical miles away (lol) and it is driving me crazy. My local guys hummed and hawed , but my opinion is they are not that great anyhow … so expected.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I’ve never been a big PPF proponent, but gave it a shot on some expensive CF parts I bought. I can fix paint/finishes with relative ease … this isn’t in my wheel house. If the whole side needs PPF removal/replacement, it’s wouldn’t appear to be money well spent in my opinion

 

[Murray20c8]

Replace the PPF. That's what it's there for.

 

[DynamicCaps]

Replace the PPF. That's what it's there for.

$$$$$

 

[Mr.Corvette]

David, it's a surface wound that won't self heal. To hide it from your eyes, I would take a dab or two of the clear coat located at the other end of your GM touch up paint and fill the gouge with clear coat. That should work.

 

[Murray20c8]

$$$$$

You can't have it both ways. That's what it's there for. To protect what's underneath.

 

[DynamicCaps]

You can't have it both ways. That's what it's there for. To protect what's underneath

I get that. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around people spending 5-15k to wrap a car ... and a single ding and you have to pay to have it removed, fix any damage, and re-wrapped.

Leaving it unwrapped from the beginning, and fixing any damage that might come your way ... seems MUCH more economical.

I know I know, I dont want to start a debate around PPF. No winner in that one ...

It is just not for me, it seems.

 

[cdnz]

Use a 2 part clear coat for durability if you are going that route.
I have other suggestions if that doesn't work. No expert here just ideas.

Or trim out the damaged ppf spot?
It is not that visible unless you are up close and look for it.

I have done ppf on the rear quarters of my car and the ppf line is not all that visible unless you are looking for it.

 

[Murray20c8]

It is just not for me, it seems.

I guess. Likely because you like to show your car. I like to drive mine.

 

[theboss]

I had to fix my wife's CRV font bumper covered with XPEL ppf, someone hit it hard enough to dig into the film (but not true it), and pop out the side moulding aroung the wheel well. there was like 3 different damages on the same spot,3'' wide by 8" hight. First paint left over from the other car that I removed by hand with light polishing compound, second was like a strech in the film that created a bump that I shaved with a sharp blade ( 95% gone) and third a little groove about 1/2 mm wide by 1 inche that you can barely see, after polishing, standing next to the car. I did use a DA polisher at the end and the result is good enough to keep the film until someone else hit it again. These film are quit thick there is room to work out some damages. Good luck

 

[1st Vette]

I had my Pre-reg Carbon Fiber side skirts PPF’d , after they were installed on the car. The local company that did the PPF used XPEL I believe, and stated at the time they did each side skirt in one piece.

So a couple of overexcited 12 year old boys wanted to check out my car, and me being a nice guy let one of them get in each side to sit in the car. Nice kids, parents with them … good experience they will talk about for days/weeks/months … memories made which is awesome.

Then I got home and noticed on the passenger side the “ding” in the PPF. one of them apparently drug his foot across the side skirt and left a mark. It appears to be only PPF surface damage , good news.

How do I fix/heal this? I can see it from 14 nautical miles away (lol) and it is driving me crazy. My local guys hummed and hawed , but my opinion is they are not that great anyhow … so expected.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I’ve never been a big PPF proponent, but gave it a shot on some expensive CF parts I bought. I can fix paint/finishes with relative ease … this isn’t in my wheel house. If the whole side needs PPF removal/replacement, it’s wouldn’t appear to be money well spent in my opinion

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Clear finger nail polish ?

 

[1st Vette]

I had my Pre-reg Carbon Fiber side skirts PPF’d , after they were installed on the car. The local company that did the PPF used XPEL I believe, and stated at the time they did each side skirt in one piece.

So a couple of overexcited 12 year old boys wanted to check out my car, and me being a nice guy let one of them get in each side to sit in the car. Nice kids, parents with them … good experience they will talk about for days/weeks/months … memories made which is awesome.

Then I got home and noticed on the passenger side the “ding” in the PPF. one of them apparently drug his foot across the side skirt and left a mark. It appears to be only PPF surface damage , good news.

How do I fix/heal this? I can see it from 14 nautical miles away (lol) and it is driving me crazy. My local guys hummed and hawed , but my opinion is they are not that great anyhow … so expected.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I’ve never been a big PPF proponent, but gave it a shot on some expensive CF parts I bought. I can fix paint/finishes with relative ease … this isn’t in my wheel house. If the whole side needs PPF removal/replacement, it’s wouldn’t appear to be money well spent in my opinion

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@Jack Raccoon! ...........

 

[1st Vette]

If anyone gets a paint chip this might be good to know.....

On a C8 Corvette, the paint code is normally on the white vehicle-certification label attached to the driver’s-side door jamb/door pillar, not in the windshield VIN plate.
How to locate it
Open the driver’s door.
Look at the vertical jamb or door-pillar area where the door latches.
Find the white certification label containing the VIN, tire-pressure information, weights, and a QR/barcode.
Look beneath or near the QR code for the paint code. It may appear as a short code such as 9567 or an alphanumeric GM code.
If the label has a QR code, scan it with your phone; some C8 owners report that the scan displays the paint code and other vehicle information.

Vehicle compliance label
The VIN itself does not normally encode the paint colour; if the label is missing, damaged, or unreadable, a Chevrolet dealer can retrieve the original paint code from the VIN.
Do not confuse the paint code with the VIN printed at the bottom of the windshield—the paint code is on the door-jamb certification label. After finding it, give the complete code to the touch-up-paint supplier rather than ordering solely by colour name.

 

[Matt_Orleans]

Did you try a few of the common was to try to make it heal itself? (leaving it in the sun for a bit, warm/hot water, hair dryer) pretty sure there are a few videos on YouTube for that. if it's too deep then maybe what Mr.Corvette suggested would work.

Or put a piece of duct tape on it and you won't see it anymore.

And in my opinion, I don't think they wrapped it in one piece. That finn is too big for stretching.